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Tropical Plants

• Palms (Family: Arecaceae)
  • Virtual Herbarium Palm Search
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  • Articles and Lectures
    • Dransfieldia, A New Genus for an Old Palm
    • Morphological and Ecological Diversity of Palms
    • Heart of Palm Usage
    • Additions to “A review of animal-mediated seed dispersal of palms” by Zona
    • Survey of Cyanogenesis in Palms by Scott Zona and Carl Lewis (PDF)
    • A monograph of Sabal by Scott Zona (1990) (51 MB PDF)
    • Palm Seed Germination
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• Cycads (Order: Cycadales)
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• Tropical Fruit
  • Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion
  • Mangos: Mangifera indica
    • The Philosophy of Mango Tree Management
    • Size Does Matter: Pruning for Perfection
    • How to Grow, Care For and Enjoy Mangos
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      • Chutney
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  • Jackfruit: Artocarpus heteropyllus
    • Jackfruit Cultivars
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  • Achacharu Rhedia sp
  • Avocado Persea americana
    • Avocado Recipes
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  • Black Sapote Diospyros digyria
    • Black Sapote Recipes
  • Canistel Pouteria campechiana
    • Canistel Recipes
  • Carambola Averrhoa carambola
    • Carambola Recipes
  • Cherapu Garcinia prainiana
  • Guava Psidium guajava
  • Lychee Litchi chinensis
  • Mamey Sapote Pouteria sapota
    • Mamey Sapote Recipes
  • Miracle Fruit Synsepalum dulcificum
  • Sapodilla Manilkara zapota
    • Sapodilla Recipes
  • Tamarind Tamarindus indica
    • Tamarind Recipes
  • Other Tropical Fruit
• Amorphophallus
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • A. titanum History & Statistics
  • Other species
  • 2006 - Alice is Blooming Blog
    • Animated Audrey (Large - 12 MB)
  • 2005 - 'Alice' bloom 3
    • Diary
  • 2003 - 'Audrey III' & 'Mr. Stinky'
    • More pictures
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  • 2001 - 'Mr. Stinky' bloom 2
    • More Photos
    • 'Alice' in June
  • 1999 - Alice
    • Waiting ...
    • Bloom harvested
    • A. gigas
  • 1998 - 'Mr. Stinky'
    • More pictures
• Orchids
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  • Grammatophyllum speciosum
• Pandanus
  • Pandanus Primer
  • Screw Pine
• Vines
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  • Passion Flower Vines
• Grasses
  • Muhlenbergia capillaris
  • Phascinating Pharus
  • We All Depend on the Grasses: My Favorite Family
• Other Tropical Plants
  • Bean Thinking
  • Best of Five Hedge Plants
  • Bixa orellana
  • Going Ballistic
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  • Leaf or Branch
  • Marlberries
  • Musella lasiocarpa
  • Night Moves
  • Salvias for More than Just Color
  • Shape Shifters
  • Siam Tulips
  • Slimy
  • Victoria amazonica
• Cultivated Plants Gallery

Tropical Regions

• South Florida (Semi-Tropical)
  • Florida Endangered and Threatened Plants List
    • Description of Column Contents
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    • Commercially Exploited Plant List
    • Family Affiliation of Species
    • References
  • Roger Hammer's Everglades Wildflowers
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  • Miami Tree Puzzle (Interactive Key)
  • Native Florida Plants in past Plant Sales
  • The Keys Coastal Habitat
    • Birds of the Garden
    • Attracting Birds to Your Garden
  • Garden Views Articles
    • And Not a Drop
    • Dalea carthagenensis
    • Digitaria pauciflora
    • Endangered Plants Released
    • Fire and a Tiny Plant
    • Fire and the South Florida Coastline
    • Learning Curve - South Florida Plants
    • Native Landscaping
    • South Florida Ferns
    • Symphony of the Sand Plants
    • Tephrosia angustissima var. corallicola
    • Virginia Key
• The Caribbean & South America
  • Cayman Islands Virtual Herbarium
  • Jamaica 2006 Expedition
  • Jewels of the Caribbean
  • Flowering Plants of Jamaica Interactive Key
  • Plants of the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Cocos Island
  • Tropical Treasures: The Paintings of Lisa Remeny
• Tropical Africa
  • Botanic Sojourn
  • Renaissance for African Botanic Gardens?
• Southeast Asia & Pacific
  • Australian Rainforest Visit
  • From a Malaysian Jungle to Miami
  • New Species

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